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Ojibwa Hockey Legend Ted Nolan Doesn't Like the R-Word

In a column posted this afternoon, The Buffalo News's Tim Graham writes about talking to former Buffalo Sabres head coach Ted Nolan, Ojibwa, about the R-word. In short, Nolan does not like it.

"There are certain things you can't call black people or Chinese people or Jewish people. We as Native Americans, or First Nation people as we're called in Canada, we find it offensive," Nolan said.

"Sure, the Redskins name has been around for generations," Nolan said, "but when you're a person of that race and someone calls you a redskin, they don't know why they're saying it, where the word comes form or what the word means."

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Ted Nolan is one of my favorite people! I watched him coach the Sabres with so much pride! My mother's family is Mohawk and to know another Native American is so outstanding in his profession is simply beyond words. I was devastated when he was run out of Buffalo...and the Sabres management has gotten what they deserve.